An Eritrean national is the only survivor of this incident. He was found on Tuesday at 14:30 by a Tunisian fisherman 35 miles off the coasts of Zarzis, hanging onto the remains of the rubber dinghy with which he had left Tripoli around 14 days earlier with 56 people on board (20 Somalians, 2 Sudanese and 34 Eritreans), among which his older brother and two sisters. After approximately 26 hours of navigation, the boat, which was in very bad conditions, capsized and only him managed to hold onto the boat, whose engine was nevertheless damaged after falling into the water. He drifted alone for fourteen days in the open sea, occasionally sighting in the distance other vessels. After finally being rescued by a Tunisian fisherman yesterday, a patrol boat of the Tunisian "Garde National Maritime" was sent out and took him on board at 15:30 at the following coordinates: 33 50.577 N, 11 32.442 E (see map). Nevertheless, this location refers only to the point were the rescue operation took place, and does not indicate the furthermost point reached by the boat, which might have been several tens of miles North of this point. He was later brought to the hospital in Zarzis, where he received treatment for dehydration and extreme exhaustion.